Orchard Park, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills have made it official: Jordan Palmer is officially a part of the team, and Thad Lewis is out.

After ESPN's Field Yates reported Monday that the Bills would be signing Palmer, the team announced the move Tuesday morning. Thad Lewis was cut to make room for the veteran quarterback, who has never started an NFL game in his career.

The Bills also placed linebacker Kiko Alonso on the reserve/non-football injury list for the upcoming season. By placing Alonso on the non-football injury list, the linebacker won't earn an accrued season and will be a restricted free agent following the 2016 season rather than becoming an unrestricted free agent after the 2015 season.

Buffalo needs to cut its roster to 53 players by Saturday. The final preseason game is Thursday against the Detroit Lions.